NHS England and Improvement and NHSX have teamed up with tech giants to consolidate key data sets to inform COVID-19 decision making. The group is to develop a data platform and dashboard that will provide organisations with secure, reliable and timely data to make informed, effective decisions. The data will […]
Tag: Interoperability
Royal Wolverhampton picks Zesty for digital outpatients
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust has signed an agreement with Zesty to deliver its digital patient portal to support around half a million people. The portal is to be introduced as part of the trust’s digital plans over the next 5 years and it aims to launch the solution from […]
Interview Series: Anil Madhar and Mark Smith, Enovacom
In our latest interview we spoke with Anil Madhar and Mark Smith, from Enovacom, an Orange Business subsidiary that provides health and care organisations with interoperability tools that delivers the secure exchange of data between the health economy stakeholders promoting collaboration. We asked Anil and Mark a few questions to […]
InterSystems ePMA saves North Tees 53 hours a day
North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust introduced the InterSystems TrakCare electronic prescribing and medicines administration (ePMA) system, removing the previous paper based process. The trust said in result nurses have saved more than 50 hours each day, or 19,345 hours a year, and have seen safer ways of working and a […]
NHSX plans to set minimum tech spend for trusts regulators reveal
NHSX, with NHS England and NHS Improvement will be exploring setting a minimum level of tech spend for NHS trusts. Included within the NHS Operational Planning and Contracting Guidance 2020/2021 the organisations will be exploring the level of funding required so the NHS achieves digital transformation by 2024. NHSX will […]
Hancock “better tech is not a ‘nice to have’ but vital to have for the NHS”
In a speech delivered on Tuesday, Secretary of State for Health and Social Care Matt Hancock raised technology higher on the agenda than ever before and spoke about the importance of people, standards, leadership and scalability. He talked about leadership and the importance of every CEO leading on digital transformation, backed by […]
Video Case Study: Enterprise imaging platform supports University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay
University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust has been utilising Sectra’s enterprise image management system since 2016. Since going live, the platform has delivered benefits to staff members across the region by aligning imaging with the EPR. With seamless image flow Morecambe Bay has been able to provide images […]
Integration announced between Patients Know Best and Healthcare Communications
Patients Know Best and Healthcare Communications have announced a partnership to integrate to offer a ‘digital first’ experience where possible. The integration between the two suppliers means from a referral to discharge patient interactions can be digital at every point. Kenny Bloxham, Managing Director at Healthcare Communications “This partnership offers patients […]
HTN 100: NHS Digital, LabGenius, X-on and Kaia Health
NHS Digital Webinar: Digital Medicines Interoperability NHS Digital is hosting a webinar at 12:30PM, Friday 13 December 2019. The webinar will focus on their work on an interoperable medication standard that has now been underway for a year. The session will include: FHIR terminology server and how you can gain […]
Systems that cannot talk to each other putting patients at risk, researchers suggest
A team of researchers at the Institute of Global Health Innovation (IGHI) at Imperial College London, have published findings that highlight NHS Trusts were using at least 21 different electronic medical record systems which are unable to effectively share information. The report stated “On 11 million occasions, patients attended a hospital […]
